Using your law degree without being a lawyer at top companies in Japan with Tomoko Konishi

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If you have finished your law degree but are not sure if you want to work as a “lawyer”, you might consider going to an in-house role such as Tomoko Konishi has done. Tomoko has had a truly varied career so far and is now working in corporate governance. With a law degree you really are able to serve society from all kinds of angles, this time Tomoko is doing it her own way, listen to hear more!

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In this episode you’ll hear:

• Tomoko’s choice to join an organisation in crisis

• The wide scope of experiences Tomoko was able to have as part of the corporate planning team

• Her boss’s words of encouragement to her when she returned from maternity leave and how that helped her

• Her favourite book and other fun facts

About Tomoko

Tomoko is General Manager of Corporate Legal Unit in the legal group at JERA. She has worked her entire career inside companies, first with Bridgestone and now in the JERA team.

Tomoko graduated from the Kyoto University, Faculty of Law and joined Bridgestone Corporation in 2003 and moved to JERA in 2021.

Tomoko is the mother of two children and an American Cocker Spaniel

Connect with Tomoko

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomoko-konishi-a3b5a439/

Links

Yakitori “Isehiro”: https://www.newotani.co.jp/en/tokyo/restaurant/isehiro/

Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke: https://amzn.asia/d/gf3FXlN

Connect with Catherine

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